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The Chandler Unified School District governing board decided Wednesday night not to pursue changes to current graduation requirements for next year's freshmen.
The governing board heard a report from Craig Gilbert, director of secondary education, about how additions may affect students, staff and classroom use.
The Class of 2013 will need 22 credits to graduate, the same number the state requires. A half credit is rewarded for each semester of a course completed with a passing grade.
Because of changing state standards, students must take four units of math and three units of science, one more each than currently required by the state. Those requirements squeeze out elective opportunities, one concern that prompted Wednesday night's discussion.
But in the end, a variety of concerns prompted the governing board not to make immediate changes.
Governing board president Annette Auxier said budget issues were a big reason for her decisions.
"This (would) take additional funds and carving those additional funds out of our current budget would be hard and we know we're going to face cuts next year," she said, referring to the state of Arizona's financial picture. A shortfall of revenue means legislators will likely cut funds from education spending this current school year and next.
Auxier also cited concern about the ability of students to meet additional credit requirements with obligations to religious release time.
"It would really be difficult for those kids. That impacts about 600 kids in our district," she said.
Students who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attend religious class during the school day at a facility near their high school campus. It means they miss out on one class a day. Many make it up by enrolling in a "zero" hour course that begins well before 7 a.m.
Typical students earn six credits each of their freshmen, sophomore and junior years, said district spokesman Terry Locke. That allows seniors to take the minimal four required credits to achieve 22 credits for graduation.
But students across the district's four high schools enroll in more than that each year. With "zero" hour alone, students could have a potential 28 units at graduation. And they may earn more in summer school.
Chandler Unified is not alone in looking at graduation requirements.
This week, the Gilbert Unified School District governing board rescinded a December decision to require next year's freshmen to have 23 credits to earn a diploma. It came on the heels of community outpouring against the measure. The district will follow the state mandate of 22 credits to graduate.
Similar votes to require 23 credits passed with little public concern in Tempe and Queen Creek.


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I have been trying to buy Mary Maxims butterfly dance afghan kit with no luck I really dont want the whole kit just the pattern. But I could not find just the pattern so I broke down and decided to by the kit. So I could get the pattern. The usa site does not have the butterfly patterns . So I went to the canadian site and tryed ordering it from there along with the dolphin pattern they have that the US does not. When I hit the submit to pay it kept poping up saying I needed to order from the canadian site which is where I was. So I thought I would just call and order the canadian 800 # of course is not avaliable in my area since i am in the us and I called the us *800# and they told me the candian does not ship to us and the us does not shipp to canada. And I could not order any thing that was not on the us web site. ( this is becoming frustrating) So you see my problem there are 2 afghans I am not alowed to order because of where I live. which does not make since to me. Anyone have any suggestions on how I might get these afghan patterns . I watch ebay and they have never been offered there. |
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[OS] ISRAEL/PNA/US - Haaretz poll: Netanyahu's popularity soaring following Washington trip
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Despite tensions in Washington during PM's visit, Israelis generally don't
believe Obama is hostile to Israel or that U.S.-Israel relations have been
harmed, indicating that the public seems to be turning a deaf ear to
analysts who criticized Netanyahu's address to Congress.
By Yossi Verter Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu Middle East peace Barack Obama
It's doubtful that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his wildest, most
optimistic dreams, would have dared to imagine when he set off for the
United States last week that Israelis would respond to his six-day trip so
enthusiastically: According to a new Haaretz poll, they are giving the
visit high marks, considering it an overwhelming success.
The poll, conducted by the Dialog organization, under the supervision of
Prof. Camil Fuchs of the Tel Aviv University Statistics Department, showed
that 47 percent of the Israeli public believes the U.S. trip was a
success, while only 10 percent viewed it as a failure.
Netanyahu - Reuters - May 23, 2011
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the annual American Israel
Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington May 23,
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Nearly half of the public felt "pride" at seeing Netanyahu address the
joint session of Congress on Tuesday, while only 5 percent deemed it a
"missed opportunity." The rest expressed no opinion, while 20 percent of
those questioned said they hadn't watched the speech.
Israelis also don't believe that U.S.-Israel relations have been harmed by
the visit despite its attendant problems, tensions and disputes.
Some 27 percent of those polled said they believe relations between the
two countries will actually improve as a result of the visit, while only
13 percent thought relations would deteriorate. Nearly half of those
questioned don't think there will be any change.
From the poll, it emerged that Netanyahu's trip not only put a brake on
the drop in his popularity ratings, but actually reversed the trend.
While in a Haaretz poll five weeks ago Netanyahu seemed to be in hot water
with the public, with 38 percent expressing satisfaction with his
performance and 53 percent disappointed with it, in yesterday's poll the
results were essentially reversed: 51 percent were satisfied, while 36
percent were not.
It's doubtful that U.S. President Barack Obama enjoyed such a spike in his
popularity after the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
The public thus seems to be turning a deaf ear to the many political and
diplomatic analysts who criticized the prime minister's address to
Congress and who said it proved that Netanyahu was not capable of pulling
the negotiations with the Palestinians out of the dangerous mire they are
The public also seems to have dismissed the learned warnings that
Netanyahu had generated an unnecessary confrontation with Obama, for which
Israel is liable to pay a high price down the line. Apparently average
Israelis - from the right, the center, and even from some parts of the
left - are welcoming Netanyahu back to Israel with open arms.
Despite all the tension in Washington this past week, Israelis generally
don't believe that Obama is hostile to Israel.
Asked their opinion of Obama, who tussled with Netanyahu late last week
and also stung him a bit during his speech to the AIPAC annual conference
on Sunday, 43 percent of those polled described him as "businesslike,"
while a quarter described him as friendly and only 20 percent saw him as
Most of the respondents, however, distinguished between Obama's relations
with Israel and his personal relationship with Netanyahu, recognizing that
there is a lack of chemistry between the two, though they did not seem too
concerned by this.
It would be worthwhile for Netanyahu to savor this week and enjoy his
weekend. These numbers are exceptional, and it's unlikely they will hold
up over time.
The Middle East, to which he returned yesterday, doesn't give its leaders
too many reasons to celebrate.
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Place of origin | Mexico |
Main ingredients | Flour tortillas, meat and refried beans |
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A burrito (US English /bəˈritoʊ/, buˈrito (help·info))[1] is a type of Mexican food consisting of a wheat flour tortilla wrapped or folded into a cylindrical shape to completely enclose the filling (in contrast to a taco, which is generally formed by simply folding a tortilla in half around a filling, leaving the semicircular perimeter open). The flour tortilla is usually lightly grilled or steamed, to soften it and make it more pliable. In Mexico, meat and refried beans are sometimes the only fillings.
In the United States, burrito fillings generally include a combination of ingredients such as Mexican-style rice or plain rice, refried beans or beans, lettuce, salsa, meat, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream, and the size varies. Typically, American-style burritos are stuffed with more ingredients than the primary meat and/or vegetable filling.
The word burrito means "little donkey" in Spanish, as a diminutive form of burro, or "donkey". The name burrito as applied to the dish possibly derives from the appearance of bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried.[2]
Before the development of the modern burrito, the Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico used tortillas to wrap foods, with fillings of chili peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, squash, and avocados.[3] The Pueblo people of the Southwestern United States also made tortillas with beans and meat sauce fillings prepared much like the modern burrito.[4]
The precise origin of the modern burrito is not known. It may have originated with vaqueros in northern Mexico in the nineteenth century;[3] farmworkers in the fields of California's Central Valley, in Fresno and Stockton; or with northern Sonoran miners of the 19th century.[2][5] In the 1895 Diccionario de Mexicanismos, the burrito was identified as a regional item from Guanajuato and defined as "Tortilla arrollada, con carne u otra cosa dentro, que en Yucatán llaman coçito, y en Cuernavaca y en Mexico, taco" (A rolled tortilla with meat or other ingredients inside, called 'coçito' in Yucatán and 'taco' in the city of Cuernavaca and in Mexico City).[6]
An often-repeated folk history is that of a man named Juan Méndez who sold tacos in a street stand in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, using a donkey as a transport for himself and the food, during the Mexican Revolution period (1910–1921).[7] To keep the food warm, Méndez wrapped it in large homemade flour tortillas underneath a small tablecloth. As the "food of the burrito" (i.e., "food of the little donkey") grew in popularity, "burrito" was eventually adopted as the name for these large tacos.[3]
Another creation story comes from 1940s Ciudad Juárez, where a street food vendor created the tortilla-wrapped food to sell to poor children at a state-run middle school. The vendor would call the children his burritos, as burro is a colloquial term for dunce or dullard. Eventually, the derogatory or endearing term for the children was transferred to the food they ate.[3]
In 1923, Alejandro Borquez opened the Sonora cafe in Los Angeles, which later changed its name to the El Cholo Spanish Cafe.[8] Burritos first appeared on American restaurant menus at the El Cholo Spanish Cafe during the 1930s.[9] Burritos were mentioned in the U.S. media for the first time in 1934,[10] appearing in the Mexican Cookbook, a collection of regional recipes from New Mexico authored by historian Erna Fergusson.[11]
Development of regional varieties
Burritos are a traditional food of Ciudad Juárez, a city in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, where people buy them at restaurants and roadside stands. Northern Mexican border towns like Villa Ahumada have an established reputation for serving burritos. Authentic Mexican burritos are usually small and thin, with flour tortillas containing only one or two ingredients: some form of meat or fish, potatoes, rice, beans, asadero cheese, chile rajas, or chile relleno.[12] Other types of ingredients may include barbacoa, mole, refried beans and cheese, and deshebrada (shredded slow-cooked flank steak). The deshebrada burrito also has a variation with chile colorado (mild to moderately hot) and salsa verde (very hot). The Mexican burrito may be a northern variation of the traditional taco de Canasta, which is eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.[citation needed]
Although burritos are one of the most popular examples of Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico, in Mexico they are only popular in the northern part of the country. However, they are beginning to appear in some nontraditional venues in other parts of Mexico. Wheat flour tortillas used in burritos are now often seen throughout much of Mexico (possibly due to these areas being less than optimal for growing maize), despite at one time being particular to northwestern Mexico, the Southwestern US Mexican American community, and Pueblo Indian tribes.
Burritos are commonly called tacos de harina (wheat flour tacos) in central and southern Mexico and burritas (feminine variation, with 'a') in northern-style restaurants outside of northern Mexico proper. A long and thin fried burrito similar to a chimichanga is prepared in the state of Sonora and vicinity, and is called a chivichanga.[13]
San Francisco
The origins of the Mission burrito can be traced back to Mission District taquerias of the 1960s and 1970s. This type of burrito is produced on a steam table assembly line, characterized by a large stuffed tortilla, wrapped in aluminum foil, which may include fillings such as carne asada (beef), Mexican style rice, whole beans (non refried), sour cream and onion.
Febronio Ontiveros claims to have offered the first retail burrito in San Francisco at El Faro (The Lighthouse) in 1961, a corner grocery store on Folsom Street. Ontiveros claims credit for inventing the "super burrito" style leading to the early development of the "San Francisco style". This innovation involved adding rice, sour cream and guacamole to the standard meat, bean and cheese burrito.[5][14] The Mission burrito emerged as a regional culinary movement during the 1970s and 1980s. The popularity of San Francisco-style burritos has grown locally, with Mission Street taquerias like El Farolito, and nationally with chains such as Chipotle Mexican Grill,[15] Illegal Pete's, Freebirds World Burrito, Qdoba, and Barberitos. In 1995, World Wrapps opened in San Francisco's Marina District, bringing a burrito-inspired sandwich wrap style to the restaurant industry.[16]
San Diego
San Diego-style burritos include California and carne asada burritos. The style has been described as an "austere meal of meat, cheese and salsa", in contrast to the Mission-style burrito, which is typically larger and contains more ingredients.[17] A significant subgenre of Mexican restaurants in San Diego serves burritos described as "no-frills"; in contrast to Mission-style burritos, the assembly line is not used.[18]:165 In the early 1960s, Roberto Robledo opened a tortilleria in San Diego and learned the restaurant business. Robledo began selling small bean burritos at La Lomita in the late 1960s, and by 1970, he had established the first Roberto's taco shop. By 1999, Roberto's had expanded to a chain of 60 taco shops offering fresh burritos known for their distinctive quality. Hoping to draw on the prestige of Roberto's, new taco shops in San Diego began using the "-bertos" suffix, with names such as Alberto's, Filiberto's, Hilberto's, among others.[18]:166–169[19]
The California burrito originated at an unknown -berto's named restaurant in San Diego in the 1980s.[18]:165, 168 The earliest-known published mention was in a 1995 article in the Albuquerque Tribune.[20] The California burrito[21] typically consists of chunks of carne asada meat, French fries, cheese, and either cilantro, pico de gallo, sour cream, onion, or guacamole (or some combination of these five).[18]:153[22][23][24] The ingredients are similar to those used in the carne asada fries dish, and it is considered a staple of the local cuisine of San Diego.[25][26] With its merging of French fries with more traditional burrito fillings, the California burrito is an example of fusion border food.[26][27] Variants of this burrito add shrimp (surf and turf),[28][29][30] or substitute carnitas[31] or chicken[26] for carne asada.
The carne asada burrito is considered a regional food of San Diego.[32][33] It is served with chunks of carne asada, guacamole, and pico de gallo salsa.[34][35]
Los Angeles
Los Angeles also has several unique local burrito varieties. The first is the most traditional, and is exemplified by the versions at Mexican-American restaurants such as Al & Bea's, Lupe's #2, Burrito King,[36] and Tonia's.[37] These restaurants have often been in existence for decades and offer a distinctly Americanized menu compared with the typical taqueria. The burrito itself can take multiple forms, but is almost always dominated by some combination of refried beans, meat (often stewed beef or chili), and cheese (usually cheddar), with rice and other typical Mission burrito ingredients offered as add-ons if at all.[38]
The most basic variant of this burrito consists of only beans and cheese; beyond this there are the "green chile" and "red chile" burritos, which may simply mean the addition of chiles or a meatless chile sauce to the plain beans (as at Al & Bea's), or meat and/or cheese as well.[39] Rice, again, is rarely included, which along with the choice of chiles is one of the style's most defining traits.[37] The menu will then usually go on to list multiple other combinations, such as beef and bean, all-beef, a "special" with further ingredients, etc. If the restaurant also offers hamburgers and sandwiches it may sell a burrito version of one or more of these, such as a hot dog burrito.[40]
In addition to the former variety, Los Angeles is also home to three burrito styles that can be said to fall under the category of Mexican fusion cuisine.[41] The first is the famed "kosher burrito," served since 1946 at its eponymous restaurant at 1st Street and Main in Downtown Los Angeles.[42] Another is the kogi burrito, invented by Roy Choi, the first chef to combine Mexican and Korean cuisines.[43][44] The kogi burrito was named the seventh best burrito in Los Angeles in 2012 by the LA Weekly.[43] Of Choi's creations, accented with chile-soy vinaigrette, sesame oil, and fresh lime juice, food writer Cathy Chaplin has said that "this is what Los Angeles tastes like."[45] Finally there is the sushi burrito, most notably the version sold at the Jogasaki food truck.[46] Wrapped in flour tortillas, sushi burritos include such fillings as spicy tuna, tempura, and cucumber.[45]
The existence of such a large Mexican community in Los Angeles also makes it possible to find a wide variety of authentic burrito varieties from various regions of Mexico, from Oaxacan to Hidalguense.[43]
Other varieties
Breakfast burrito
The breakfast burrito, a variety of American breakfast, is composed of breakfast items wrapped inside a flour tortilla. This style was invented and popularized in several regional American cuisines, most notably New Mexican cuisine, Southwestern cuisine, and Tex-Mex. Southwestern breakfast burritos may include scrambled eggs, potatoes, onions, chorizo, or bacon.[47] Tia Sophia's, a Mexican café in Santa Fe, New Mexico, claims to have invented the original breakfast burrito in 1975, filling a rolled tortilla with bacon and potatoes, served wet with chili and cheese.[48] Fast food giant McDonald's introduced their version in the late 1980s,[49] and by the 1990s, more fast food restaurants caught on to the style, with Sonic Drive-In, Hardee's, and Carl's Jr. offering breakfast burritos on their menus.[50]
Smothered burrito
A smothered (often called "wet" or enchilada style) burrito is smothered with a red chili sauce similar to enchilada sauce with melted shredded cheese on top. It is usually eaten off a plate with a fork and knife, rather than hand held.[51] When served in a Mexican restaurant in the U.S., a melted cheese covered burrito is sometimes called a burrito suizo [buˈrito suˈiso] (suizo meaning Swiss, an adjective used in Spanish to indicate dishes topped with cheese or cream).
Similar dishes
A burrito bowl is not technically a burrito, as it consists of burrito fillings served without the tortilla, with the fillings placed in a bowl, and a layer of rice at the bottom. It is not to be confused with a taco salad, which has a foundation of lettuce inside a fried tortilla.
A chimichanga is a deep-fried burrito popular in Southwestern and Tex-Mex cuisines, and in the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora.[52]
Taco Bell research chef Anne Albertine experimented with grilling burritos to enhance portability. This grilling technique allowed large burritos to remain sealed without spilling their contents.[53] This is a well-known cooking technique used by some San Francisco taquerias and Northern Mexico burrito stands. Traditionally, grilled burritos are cooked on a comal (griddle).
Bean burritos, which are high in protein and low in saturated fat, have been touted for their health benefits.[54] Black bean burritos are also a good source of dietary fiber and phytochemicals.[55]
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- Aft, Lawrence S. (2000). Work Measurement and Methods Improvement. Wiley-IEEE. ISBN 0-471-37089-4.
- Ellman, Mark; Barbara Santos (2003). Maui Tacos Cookbook. Pendulum Publishing. ISBN 0-9652243-3-3.
- Fox, Peter (1998-07-02). "Burrito Search" (RealMedia). All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- Fox, Peter (1998-07-17). "Burrito Odyssey" (RealMedia). All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- Fox, Peter (1998-07-31). "Burrito" (RealMedia). All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- Fox, Peter (1998-08-12). "Burrito Trail" (RealMedia). All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- Fox, Peter (1998-09-03). "End of the Burrito Trail" (RealMedia). All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
- Fox, Peter (1998-11-04). "Burritos: A Search For Beginnings". Food (The Washington Post). pp. E.01.
- Gold, Jonathan (2000). Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-26723-1.
- Johnson, Lisa (2006). Mind Your X's and Y's: Satisfying the 10 Cravings of a New Generation of Consumers. Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-7750-3.
- Sparks, Pat; Barbara Swanson (1993). Tortillas!. Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-08912-0.
- Thomsen, David; Derek Wilson (1998). Burritos! Hot on the Trail of the Little Burro. Gibbs Smith Publishers. ISBN 0-87905-835-8.
- Young, Marc (2005-02-25). "Bringing the Burrito to Berlin". Culture & Lifestyle. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2008-02-18.


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Alot depends on what seed you grew....shelf seed or Weeks Atlantic Giant seeds will go up to 200 or so max. Private stock have gone 1400plus. If your seed is from a known pumpkin (ex: 873Andrews04) then yes...200-400 is still possible. Watch for powdery mildew now...spray a fungiside every week and you'll have a good shot at a big'n. |
Sandbagger- The seed is from a pumpkin I bought last year for Halloween. The pumpkin was about 600 lbs. I will get a fungicide right away. Should I add any fertalizer. I planted the plant in a spot where I had let hundres of pounds of pumpkins decompose from last fall. I have also put a great deal of rotting vegetables near the main vine root next ot it. I covered that up with a 40lb. bag of Humas/manure. I am continuosly adding old vegetables. Will this work and which spot is more important to fertalize the main stem (where the plant began which is about 5-6 inches thick or the vine roots near the plant. Thank you for your help I'm starting to get exited. Andy |
- Posted by Sandbagger Eastcoastzone7 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 12, 05 at 16:32
We generally fertilize and water the whole area as the roots are extensive and should cover the soil 5 foot pat the plants (easily.) Many competition growers drench the stump area independently of the rest of the plant also. With all that new veggie matter you would probably do ok just letting it ride....I'd be careful in the future with rotting produce...rot is usually fungus ridden and fungus is NOT our friend. Well composted veggie matter is the best. If its growing well i'd just let it ride....maybe a stump drench here and there with some miracle grow or fish emulsion....you need to watch the fruit, watch the plant...it will tell you if its hungry. |
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Awesome Awesome AWESOME!! Bayless is a Mexican Food God. I feel the same way about Mexico, it's culture, it's food just as he does. Love this ceviche, minus the ketchup. To me, it adds a sweetness I don't like in ceviche. I use Roma tomatoes diced very small. The smaller the shrimp, the better. I buy the tiny frozen shrimp when they're on BOGO. I boil mine in Zatarain's Crab Boil, VERY briefly, and the flavor is awesome!! I could eat this every day.
It is usually gone before I get to enjoy it with my guests, but they always ask for the recipe.
Fantastic. I made the recipe as written (except as noted at the end) even though I was wary of the ketchup, but in the end I wouldn't change anything. I used small Maine shrimp, which are great, and otherwise would use larger shrimp and chop them a bit. The recipe suggests not making it ahead of time, but I had the leftovers 24 and 48 hours later and thought it was still great. - Used 1C cucumber...no jicama available - I tossed the lime juice with the cooked shrimp and diced onion...I love tossing onions in acid (vinegar/lime/etc) to cut down on the harshness - Served with whole wheat off-brand saltines, which worked well.
Great and simple. I left the cucumber out and didn't miss it. I like the kick from the Mexican hot but added about 1/2 chopped jalapeno to it.
Great summer appitizer! I have made this recipe several times and the responses have been absolutely positive. I reduced the amount of ketchup to 1/4 cup and added 1/2 cup of chopped tomato.
Yes, absolutely wonderful and refreshing. if you can let it cure for a few hours in the fridge it will be even better.
Just a note to A Cook from San Diego....you have to cook shellfish ceviche because although the citrus juices "cook" the fish, it does not kill the bacteria that can be found in shellfish. This is not the case with other fish when making ceviche...just shellfish.
This is not ceviche at all. You don't boil the fish, shrimp, etc. when making ceviche. Rather, you use citrus to "cook" the protein. This is more of a mexican-style shrimp cocktail, which is better than the classic american version, in my opinion. And, most mexicans I know, don't like ketchup in their coctailes cammeron.


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By Lynn Haraldson-Bering This week I watched the PBS documentary "FAT: What No One Is Telling You." It not only brought back a lot of memories, but it challenged me to better understand the complexity of obesity. While Barbara works in the field of obesity, my only understanding of the issue is through my own personal experience as a formerly obese person, and through what I read and see in my daily life. I identified with two of the women profiled, Rosie and Mary. While Rosie had gastric bypass, her reasons for losing weight were very similar to mine, and probably many of yours, too. Aside from the usual desire to walk without pain and to sit on the floor and get up again without it being a major endeavor, Rosie talked about wanting to be "normal," to be in control, and to not be viewed as fat and therefore weak. She no longer wanted to be the butt of jokes. Then there was Mary, who is a comedian and was often the butt of her own jokes. 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Not a comfortable challenge, to be sure, because I'm asking myself, after losing 170 pounds: How do I really see overweight and obese people? Carla, who was thin as a child but gained weight when she began working in the corporate world, is trying to lose weight. She'd had a particularly stressful day and although she wasn't hungry, bought ice cream on the way home from work. She said she knew going for a walk would make her feel better, but all she wanted to do was put on her pajamas and eat ice cream. Because that's not my experience with food, and especially not something I struggled with while losing weight, my first gut reaction was, "Why? Why is she sabotaging all her good efforts?" Ah…because the problem with obesity is that it is densely complex. My own experience is one of millions, and no two obese people are alike. Not physically in how their fat is distributed, not in their metabolic rates, not in their emotional health, not in their relationship with food and physical activity, and not in the reasons why and how they are obese, be it cultural, genetic, or psychological. There are as many ways to get obese, stay obese, and not be obese as there are people who are obese. When producer Tom Spain was asked, "What was surprising to you during your journey through this?" he responded: "The big surprise, and the big dilemma, is the complexity. One researcher told me early on: If you're going to deal with the subject, you have to honor the complexity...I've since learned this is a social phenomenon, an emotional phenomenon, a genetic phenomenon, it's a food supply phenomena. It's such a vast subject that's way beyond the reach of medicine or weight loss programs...it's just huge. That's something that was a surprise and a dilemma because the job of a filmmaker is to take an issue and make it clear and simple. And our message is that this is not clear and this is not simple." So how do I, as a person who's been down the obesity path a few times and is now not obese, honor that complexity? First impressions is a running theme in the "FAT" documentary. Many of the people interviewed said they wanted to lose weight so others would see them for who they really are. I remember that was one of my reasons for losing weight, too. But our bodies are not our personalities. God knows there are as many malicious skinny people out there as there are good-hearted overweight people. We can't know someone's nature simply by assessing their body size. But how do we teach the world to honor an entire person and not judge them based on body size? When I visited my home state of Minnesota in 2007, I weighed 132 pounds. I went to a convenience store in a small town to buy ice. The woman behind the counter was morbidly obese. She didn't greet me when I walked in, and when I asked her where the ice was, she merely pointed to the corner of the store. Another woman came out of the back room and joined the woman behind the counter. She, too, was morbidly obese. When I got to the counter, I smiled and said hello. Both of them just looked me up and down with scowls on their faces. I felt like Clint Eastwood when he rode into town in "High Plains Drifter." When I got to my car, I wondered if they were rude because I was thin or because I was a stranger or because they were just having a bad day. Thinking back, after watching "FAT," I wondered if maybe I sent out an anti-fat vibe, the same one I picked up on time and again from non-obese people when I was morbidly obese, whether it was real or imagined. It's not like I could say to them, "Hey, I used to be just like you!" I had to acknowledge that my first impression was that I saw two very obese women. 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And his dog form is just so cute. n_n
Wolf from Trigun, i mean cmon that guy is freakin awesome, great body guard and a kickass attitude, he stands for Love and Peace baby.
As for a girl to bring, hmmmm so many cool ones, a guess Anita King from ROD the TV, she'd make a great lil' sis and she has the best papermaster powers of the 3 sisters, i'd be like "can u make me a paper ariplane" and she'd be like "sure" that would be sweet.
Talk less, Say More. Eat Less, Chew More. Whine Less, Breath More. Fear Less, Hope More. Hate Less, Love More.
And all good things are yours
Pikache because Ash on Pokemon uses one I wouldn't let him evolve.
Keep Watching Anime shows Daily. Bye Bye
Honestly I think I'd pick Naru from Love Hina. A psycho chick like that is just the gonna girl I need to straighten me out, plus I mean I'd assume she'd be attractive as a real person. I guess its her fiestiness I like, everyday would be something new and weird, and I'd be in constant drama. But drama with her couldnt be that bad considering her innocence and naivety. Who knows....


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Usually, there are two types of music videos: literal and interpretive. In a literal music video, the images line up pretty closely with the lyrics, while in an interpretive music video the visuals are completely separate. (Congratulations on enrolling in and already graduating from Music Video University!) Our boy Chet Haze (#GOTCHEZZ) however has created a whole new paradigm! A music video that seems like it's on the nose except when you think about it it makes no sense whatsoever! He will be your director and you will be his movie star but actually he is a photographer and you are a model? For TJ Maxx? Also what does wanting to "do it like they do on the big screen" even mean? Like, it lasts five seconds, involves lots of awkward cutaways, and is mostly body doubles? Is that what he means? By the time he says that he can't wait to see you on his plasma I think even Chet Haze (#GISTCHUUUUZED) is starting to lose the thread. Good song, though. Big spins. Is it just me, or does Chet Haze look TOO comfortable in this video? Girl, you are a BLU RAY. (Thanks for the tip, Keith and dusky panther.)
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Listen, Chet…it's like, okay, what we had? It was good. I'm not going to sit here and tell you it wasn't good, or that I didn't feel anything for you, because that would be a lie, and if there's one thing I know about you, it's that you gots to keep it real. So yes, what we had was special. But I'm afraid it's no more. It's not that you've done anything, not really, it's more that….god, this is hard. I'll just come out and say it: I'm in love with another. Oh, you'd like him! He's so much like you, but so much MORE you, you know? Just, I mean, here, you can read it for yourself.


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